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In a memo to employees, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma lays out priorities for the unit, including returning to player and revenue growth by the end of fiscal year 2027 (The Verge)

The FCC's ban on foreign "advanced robotic devices" includes any new ground-based, software-controlled wireless robot over 4.4 pounds, including robot vacuums (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Sean Hollister / The Verge : The FCC's ban on foreign “advanced robotic devices” includes any new ground-based, software-controlled wireless robot over 4.4 pounds, including robot …

Microsoft reports Q4 Windows OEM and Devices revenue down 7% YoY, Xbox hardware revenue down 13%, and Xbox content and services revenue down 10% (Emma Roth/The Verge)

OpenAI president says it’s ‘building a family of devices’ for its AI chatbots - The Verge

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OpenAI’s rogue AI agent didn’t stop at hacking Hugging Face - The Verge

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 review: comfortable when shut, the 4:3 inner display is great, and impressive battery life, but no telephoto or IP68 and some app errors (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

Dominic Preston / The Verge : Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 review: comfortable when shut, the 4:3 inner display is great, and impressive battery life, but no telephoto or IP68 and some …

AI leaders sign statement asking the government to do something about automated AI - The Verge

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The AI giants’ new problem: open AI - The Verge

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Framework Laptop 13 Pro review: very good Intel Core Ultra X7 performance, excellent build quality and keyboard, but expensive because of high RAM prices (Antonio G. Di Benedetto/The Verge)

Nvidia, Microsoft launch open AI security alliance – without OpenAI, Google, or Anthropic - The Verge

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OpenAI reportedly didn’t notice its AI agent hacking Hugging Face until a week later. - The Verge

OpenAI reportedly didn’t notice its AI agent hacking Hugging Face until a week later. The Verge…

After a backlash, Meta pauses its plan to "rate limit" Conversation Focus, an accessibility feature for its glasses that runs on-device (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Sean Hollister / The Verge : After a backlash, Meta pauses its plan to “rate limit” Conversation Focus, an accessibility feature for its glasses that runs on-device — “We're still …

OpenAI brings its updated voice mode to the ChatGPT desktop app. - The Verge

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OpenAI says it accidentally hacked Hugging Face with a new AI system - The Verge

OpenAI says it accidentally hacked Hugging Face with a new AI system The Verge…

China delivers a one-two punch to America’s AI dominance - The Verge

China delivers a one-two punch to America’s AI dominance The Verge…

Google might not kneecap the Pixel 11a with an old processor

Mystic Leaks suggests that the Pixel 11a will return to featuring a flagship-grade processor with the Tensor G6. Rather than the Tensor G5 found in the Pixel 10 and 10 Pro, the Pix…

A review of Microsoft's 13-inch Surface Laptop shows 8GB of RAM is not enough for a good Windows 11 experience; PC makers have unveiled upcoming 8GB laptops (Antonio G. Di Benedetto/The Verge)

Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge : A review of Microsoft's 13-inch Surface Laptop shows 8GB of RAM is not enough for a good Windows 11 experience; PC makers have unveiled upcomi…

Court filing: Google says it is ready to add third-party app stores in Google Play in the US on July 22, as Google and Epic withdraw their joint motion (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Q&A with Xinzhou Wu, head of automotive at Nvidia, on Nvidia's chips and AI models for autonomous driving, lidar's usefulness for Level 4 autonomy, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Nilay Patel / The Verge : Q&A with Xinzhou Wu, head of automotive at Nvidia, on Nvidia's chips and AI models for autonomous driving, lidar's usefulness for Level 4 autonomy, and mo…

Meta announces that it will be updating its glasses with a new feature that disables the camera if someone tampers with the glasses' privacy LED light (Victoria Song/The Verge)

Victoria Song / The Verge : Meta announces that it will be updating its glasses with a new feature that disables the camera if someone tampers with the glasses' privacy LED light —…

Memo: Microsoft is laying off ~4,800 employees, or ~2.1% of its workforce; most layoffs are in Xbox, where ~20% of jobs are set to be cut by the end of FY 2027 (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge : Memo: Microsoft is laying off ~4,800 employees, or ~2.1% of its workforce; most layoffs are in Xbox, where ~20% of jobs are set to be cut by the end of FY …

OpenAI teases a device it is launching in partnership with keyboard maker Work Louder on July 15, saying "Your favorite Codex shortcuts are getting an upgrade" (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Emma Roth / The Verge : OpenAI teases a device it is launching in partnership with keyboard maker Work Louder on July 15, saying “Your favorite Codex shortcuts are getting an upgra…

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi on the verge of breaking Sachin Tendulkar's 36-year-old India record

All eyes are on 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi as India faces Ireland in Belfast. The teenage sensation, who had a stellar IPL 2026 season with Rajasthan Royals, could make histo…

The Verge’s Father’s Day 2026 gift guide

With Father's Day on the horizon, happening June 21st, it's time to start thinking about what kind of gifts you want to buy for the fathers you care about. You know your dad best -…

Data Center Civil War Leaves Virginia on the Verge of a Shutdown

Virginia is on the verge of its first shutdown in modern history, and it all comes down to data centers and Democratic Party infighting. Democrats control the governor’s mansion, t…

Deezer launches an AI music detection tool for users of 20 services, including Spotify and Apple Music, after no company licensed its AI detection tech (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)

Terrence O'Brien / The Verge : Deezer launches an AI music detection tool for users of 20 services, including Spotify and Apple Music, after no company licensed its AI detection te…

Microsoft limits employee use of Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 over data retention concerns, The Verge reports

June 10 : Microsoft is limiting employees' use of Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 because of the AI startup's new data retention requirements, The Verge reported on Wednesday, citing so…

Microsoft limits employee use of Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 over data retention concerns, The Verge reports

82-0 is the best basketball game, to hell with NBA 2K

82-0 marries the stat nerd fun of fantasy basketball with instant gratification and a bit of dumb luck. The goal is to draft a team of players that could (theoretically) have a per…

I customized a MacBook Neo with colorful spare parts

The MacBook Neo is Apple's cheapest laptop, its most colorful, and its easiest to repair in years. That means owners can buy replacement parts in all four of its available colors a…

Yes, the Oura Ring 5 is noticeably smaller

This is not an Oura Ring 5 review. That's coming later, once I've had enough time to really test the new durability and battery life claims, plus the new software updates that star…

Amazon unveils its next-gen Proteus warehouse robot, adding AI-powered language capabilities to let workers assign tasks, rolling out in Europe in H1 2027 (Robert Hart/The Verge)

Robert Hart / The Verge : Amazon unveils its next-gen Proteus warehouse robot, adding AI-powered language capabilities to let workers assign tasks, rolling out in Europe in H1 2027…

Meta is spinning off Supernatural into an independent company, Supernatural Health, after earlier saying the VR fitness game would stop getting new content (Victoria Song/The Verge)

Mustafa Suleyman says Microsoft aims to become "one of the top four labs in the world", and "the pivotal moment was renegotiating our contract with OpenAI" (The Verge)

The Verge : Mustafa Suleyman says Microsoft aims to become “one of the top four labs in the world”, and “the pivotal moment was renegotiating our contract with OpenAI” — At Microso…

Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman says there are three labs that matter — and he wants Microsoft to be the fourth. - The Verge

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Google unveils five AI data center water commitments, including becoming water positive by 2030, local infrastructure investment, and transparency about usage (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)

Lauren Feiner / The Verge : Google unveils five AI data center water commitments, including becoming water positive by 2030, local infrastructure investment, and transparency about…

Microsoft unveils the Surface Laptop Ultra, with an Nvidia RTX Spark SoC, a 15" mini-LED touchscreen, and up to 128GB of unified memory, coming this fall (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Sean Hollister / The Verge : Microsoft unveils the Surface Laptop Ultra, with an Nvidia RTX Spark SoC, a 15" mini-LED touchscreen, and up to 128GB of unified memory, coming this fa…

Nvidia announces the RTX Spark, an Arm-based consumer PC chip family that it says is "the most efficient PC chip ever built", made in partnership with MediaTek (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Sean Hollister / The Verge : Nvidia announces the RTX Spark, an Arm-based consumer PC chip family that it says is “the most efficient PC chip ever built”, made in partnership with …

Dell introduces the $699+ Dell XPS 13, starting with 8GB of RAM, a six-core Intel Core 5 320 chip, and a 13.4-inch touchscreen, rivaling the MacBook Neo (Antonio G. Di Benedetto/The Verge)

Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge : Dell introduces the $699+ Dell XPS 13, starting with 8GB of RAM, a six-core Intel Core 5 320 chip, and a 13.4-inch touchscreen, rivaling the M…

AMD unveils the $330 Ryzen 7 7700X3D CPU, relaunches the 5800X3D as a $349 10th-anniversary edition, and plans to support the AM5 motherboard socket until 2030 (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Sean Hollister / The Verge : AMD unveils the $330 Ryzen 7 7700X3D CPU, relaunches the 5800X3D as a $349 10th-anniversary edition, and plans to support the AM5 motherboard socket un…

AI startup Shift launches a free home cleaning service in NYC to record first-person video with a camera-equipped cap and use it to train robots (Robert Hart/The Verge)

Valve raises Steam Deck OLED prices due to "rising memory and storage costs"; the 512GB model is now $789, up from $549, and the 1TB model is $949, up from $649 (Jay Peters/The Verge)

AI tried to bury this politician — now people have actually heard of him - The Verge

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Win cool gadgets we can’t keep because The Verge has ethics

When people learn I work for The Verge, they inevitably ask: “Do you get to keep the gadgets?” Now that I film Today I’m Toying With, a video series where I share the joy of tech, …

A look at the Pentagon's embrace of autonomous weapons before its fight with Anthropic over "red lines", and the debate over AI use in military operations (Hayden Field/The Verge)

Q&A with Sundar Pichai about reshaping the information ecosystem with Search changes, putting AI agents in everything, when AI will replace him as CEO, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Nvidia officially retires its GeForce Control Panel app after 20 years, following the porting of all of its major features to the Nvidia app (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Spotify launches a library of over 650 narrated long-form magazine articles in English for Premium users; free users can buy articles "individually for $1.99" (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

The FTC settles with Cox, MindSift, and 1010 Digital Works for $930K over claims they falsely said they could use phone mics to spy on users for ad targeting (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

Adi Robertson / The Verge : The FTC settles with Cox, MindSift, and 1010 Digital Works for $930K over claims they falsely said they could use phone mics to spy on users for ad targ…

Blades Brown is on the verge of PGA Tour special membership

Teenage golf sensation Blades Brown is on the verge of earning Special Temporary Membership on the PGA Tour at The CJ Cup Byron Nelson.…

Pro's ‘whirlwind' week started with U.S. Open dream. Now, he's on the verge of another

Cooper Dossey's "whirlwind" week started with securing a lifelong U.S.…

Is Scotland on the verge of a populist surge?

The post Is Scotland on the verge of a populist surge? appeared first on spiked .…

Google files its appeal of the US federal ruling deeming it an illegal search monopolist, arguing it "prevailed in the marketplace fair and square" (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)

Lauren Feiner / The Verge : Google files its appeal of the US federal ruling deeming it an illegal search monopolist, arguing it “prevailed in the marketplace fair and square” — It…

Google's AI Overviews are failing to provide search summaries for specific command-style terms including "disregard", "ignore", and "skip" (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Jay Peters / The Verge : Google's AI Overviews are failing to provide search summaries for specific command-style terms including “disregard”, “ignore”, and “skip” — With certain t…

Gladbach on the verge of signing Konoplya from Shakhtar Donetsk

According to Sky Germany's sources, Yukhym Konoplya is on the verge of completing his move to Borussia Mönchengladbach.Transfer journalist Florian Plettenberg has confirmed this af…

Republicans call off vote on Iran war resolution that was on the verge of passing

Republicans struggled Thursday to find the votes to dismiss legislation that would compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran, delaying planned votes on the m…

Republican call off vote on Trump's War Powers Resolution that was on the verge of passing

Democrats slammed Republicans as “cowards” for delaying the voting procedure into next month, while Republicans argue the move was to allow lawmakers unable to attend the vote a ch…

GOP calls off vote on Iran war resolution that was on the verge of passing

Republicans didn’t draw enough votes to dismiss legislation that would lead President Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran.…

Republicans call off vote on Iran war resolution that was on the verge of passing - AP News

Republicans call off vote on Iran war resolution that was on the verge of passing AP News…

Internal memo: Xbox hires game industry analyst Matthew Ball as chief strategy officer, and names Scott Van Vliet, who led Azure AI infrastructure, as Xbox CTO (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge : Internal memo: Xbox hires game industry analyst Matthew Ball as chief strategy officer, and names Scott Van Vliet, who led Azure AI infrastructure, as Xbox…